>Not only that but sometime today, the European mission to Mars >will reach the red planet and go into orbit. Landing scheduled >late next week. Around 5am Christmas Day GMT is the landing time. Apparently they had successful separation of Mars Explorer and Beagle 2 overnight last night - don't ask me why the separation is so far ahead of landing. >Assuming they get landing permission from Martian authorities... -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The list server can filter out subtopics (like ads or off topics) for you. See http://www.piclist.com/#topics